Mounted Traveller [reverse]

1727

Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain

Medalist, French, 1658 - 1738

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On View

NGA, West Building, G-013-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Karl Lunde

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 6.36 cm (2 1/2 in.)
    gross weight: 7.62 gr (0.017 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1994.81.2.b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Karl Lunde [1931-2009], New York; gift 1994 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 670, repro.

Inscriptions

around top circumference: PROVIDENTIA.PRINCIPIS (The prince's beneficence); in exergue: VIAE.MVNITAE. / MDCCXXVII (The roads maintained, 1727)

Wikidata ID

Q63860830

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